Paul's Paper: St. Paul's Church News
Services, Readings, Intercessions and Events
Paul s Paper Week beginning 5th September 2010
Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity
5/9/10 8.00am Holy Communion
10.30am Service of the Word
6.30pm Holy Communion
Wednesday 10.00am Holy Communion
Thursday 11.00am Funeral (Alice Mills)
Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity
12/9/10 10.30am Holy Communion
12.15pm Baptism
6.30pm Evening Worship
Today: Welcome to everybody here today. At 10.30am we welcome those who have been recently baptised, and present them with their certificates. Following the service there will be a Home Produce Sale to raise funds for the church. Thank you to everyone for providing/buying items.
Collect for today:
Merciful God,
your Son came to save us
and bore our sins on the cross:
may we trust in your mercy
and know your love,
rejoicing in the righteousness
that is ours through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Bible Readings for today:
At 10.30am:
First reading: Deuteronomy 30. 15 20 (page 193 OT)
Second reading: Philemon 1 21 (page 214 NT)
Gospel reading: Luke 14. 25 33 (page 74 NT)
At 6.30pm:
Isaiah 43. 14 — 44. 5 (page 682 OT)
John 5. 30 end (page 93 NT)
Main readings for next Sunday:
Exodus 32. 7 14
1 Timothy 1. 12 17
Luke 15. 1 10.
Diary for this week: (Please pray for these activities)
Monday 7 8pm Church Office
Wednesday Lunch HHA
2.00pm Christmas Market Planning meeting (Tower Room)
7.30pm Transforming Worship meeting
Thursday 7.30pm Stewardship Steering Group meeting
During the week please pray for:
The church:
For The Episcopal Church of the Sudan, and The Most Revd Daniel Deng Bul Yak, Archbishop
For our Archbishops, Rowan and John
From the Birmingham Diocesan Prayer Calendar: for Bishops David and Andrew; for the Deanery of Shirley, and David Senior, Area Dean
For Catherine Ogle installed as the Dean of Birmingham Cathedral
The world:
For the victims of the flooding in Pakistan and for the relief effort there
For the Middle East peace talks
For the people of Niger facing a food crisis
For the people made homeless in south western Sudan because of severe flooding
For the trapped miners in Chile
The community
From our Parish Prayer Diary: for police, fire and ambulance services; for all who work unsociable hours or in difficult or risky situations
From our parish rota: for all who live in Glendene Drive, Gorse Farm Road, Gorstie Croft, Graham House and Grasmere Close
Those needing our prayers:
Sean; Luke; Derek; Tim; Tony; Iris
Sharon, Peter and Guy; Shirley Hart
The family of Jackie Dodsworth
Paul and Jackie and family; Molly
Leonard and Lydia Brookes; Rene
Ann and family; Suzanne and family
The Wescott family; Maureen and George
Sandra; Faith; Athena; Sarah; Elsie
Jack; Kate and Brian; Shawn; Diane
Simon; Dave; Keith; Val; Lynda Wilson
The departed:
Jackie Dodsworth; John Wizack
Peter Wescott; Gertrude Corbett
Janet Bradley; Alice Mills
Please uphold Jayne Watson, turned down for ordained ministry, in your prayers, that she may continue to seek God s will.
Learning for Discipleship
For people who have done the 3D course there is a course available for 2010 2011 called Learning for Discipleship . The sections will include:
Introduction to Christian Theology
Basic Greek
Cross and Salvation
Bible and Liberation
Orthodoxy and Heresy: The Birthpangs of Christianity
Working with Adults
Studies in a Gospel: Matthew
Black and Asian Christian Theology
Greek Texts
Worship and Liturgy Ecumenical, Pastoral and Progressive Considerations in a Post Christian Society
The Theology of the Church of England, Past, Present and Future
Reading John s Gospel
Revelation
More information is available in the yellow booklet at the back of church.
Relief effort in Pakistan
A cheque has been sent from the congregation of St Paul s to the Disasters Emergency Committee for the relief effort in Pakistan for 208.41. Thank you for your generosity.
Plant Sale
42.00 was raised from the plant sale for The Children s Society. Thank you to all those who supported this.
Please can you return your Children s Society boxes to Gillian Jack for counting. Thank you.
Faculty Notices
Faculty notices on public noticeboards relate to the disposal/removal/re siting of various items in church. Please make sure you read them.
Christmas Market Planning Meeting
on Wednesday 8th September at 2.00pm in the Tower Room. New name; new ideas; new people all welcome to contribute ideas for a massive fundraising effort.
Transforming Worship Group
meets on Wednesday 8th September at 7.30pm.
Stewardship Steering Group
meets, with Jayne Grunhill, on Thursday 9th September at 7.30pm.
PCC
Agendas now available for the next PCC meeting on Monday, 13th September at 7.30pm.
Advance notice of the following PCC meeting:
Monday, 22nd November at 7.30pm.
Current PCC members and those who have recently finished their time on PCC are invited to a tea party on Monday 13th September from 6 7.30pm in church.
Glenfall
The parish weekend away at Glenfall House, near Cheltenham, this year, takes place from teatime on Friday 17th September to Sunday afternoon 19th September. For those attending, please take your letter from the Ellis table with details of arrival times etc, and return the completed reply slip to Kathryn Manning. The balance of payment is now due. Thank you.
Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity
5/9/10 8.00am Holy Communion
10.30am Service of the Word
6.30pm Holy Communion
Wednesday 10.00am Holy Communion
Thursday 11.00am Funeral (Alice Mills)
Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity
12/9/10 10.30am Holy Communion
12.15pm Baptism
6.30pm Evening Worship
Today: Welcome to everybody here today. At 10.30am we welcome those who have been recently baptised, and present them with their certificates. Following the service there will be a Home Produce Sale to raise funds for the church. Thank you to everyone for providing/buying items.
Collect for today:
Merciful God,
your Son came to save us
and bore our sins on the cross:
may we trust in your mercy
and know your love,
rejoicing in the righteousness
that is ours through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Bible Readings for today:
At 10.30am:
First reading: Deuteronomy 30. 15 20 (page 193 OT)
Second reading: Philemon 1 21 (page 214 NT)
Gospel reading: Luke 14. 25 33 (page 74 NT)
At 6.30pm:
Isaiah 43. 14 — 44. 5 (page 682 OT)
John 5. 30 end (page 93 NT)
Main readings for next Sunday:
Exodus 32. 7 14
1 Timothy 1. 12 17
Luke 15. 1 10.
Diary for this week: (Please pray for these activities)
Monday 7 8pm Church Office
Wednesday Lunch HHA
2.00pm Christmas Market Planning meeting (Tower Room)
7.30pm Transforming Worship meeting
Thursday 7.30pm Stewardship Steering Group meeting
During the week please pray for:
The church:
For The Episcopal Church of the Sudan, and The Most Revd Daniel Deng Bul Yak, Archbishop
For our Archbishops, Rowan and John
From the Birmingham Diocesan Prayer Calendar: for Bishops David and Andrew; for the Deanery of Shirley, and David Senior, Area Dean
For Catherine Ogle installed as the Dean of Birmingham Cathedral
The world:
For the victims of the flooding in Pakistan and for the relief effort there
For the Middle East peace talks
For the people of Niger facing a food crisis
For the people made homeless in south western Sudan because of severe flooding
For the trapped miners in Chile
The community
From our Parish Prayer Diary: for police, fire and ambulance services; for all who work unsociable hours or in difficult or risky situations
From our parish rota: for all who live in Glendene Drive, Gorse Farm Road, Gorstie Croft, Graham House and Grasmere Close
Those needing our prayers:
Sean; Luke; Derek; Tim; Tony; Iris
Sharon, Peter and Guy; Shirley Hart
The family of Jackie Dodsworth
Paul and Jackie and family; Molly
Leonard and Lydia Brookes; Rene
Ann and family; Suzanne and family
The Wescott family; Maureen and George
Sandra; Faith; Athena; Sarah; Elsie
Jack; Kate and Brian; Shawn; Diane
Simon; Dave; Keith; Val; Lynda Wilson
The departed:
Jackie Dodsworth; John Wizack
Peter Wescott; Gertrude Corbett
Janet Bradley; Alice Mills
Please uphold Jayne Watson, turned down for ordained ministry, in your prayers, that she may continue to seek God s will.
Learning for Discipleship
For people who have done the 3D course there is a course available for 2010 2011 called Learning for Discipleship . The sections will include:
Introduction to Christian Theology
Basic Greek
Cross and Salvation
Bible and Liberation
Orthodoxy and Heresy: The Birthpangs of Christianity
Working with Adults
Studies in a Gospel: Matthew
Black and Asian Christian Theology
Greek Texts
Worship and Liturgy Ecumenical, Pastoral and Progressive Considerations in a Post Christian Society
The Theology of the Church of England, Past, Present and Future
Reading John s Gospel
Revelation
More information is available in the yellow booklet at the back of church.
Relief effort in Pakistan
A cheque has been sent from the congregation of St Paul s to the Disasters Emergency Committee for the relief effort in Pakistan for 208.41. Thank you for your generosity.
Plant Sale
42.00 was raised from the plant sale for The Children s Society. Thank you to all those who supported this.
Please can you return your Children s Society boxes to Gillian Jack for counting. Thank you.
Faculty Notices
Faculty notices on public noticeboards relate to the disposal/removal/re siting of various items in church. Please make sure you read them.
Christmas Market Planning Meeting
on Wednesday 8th September at 2.00pm in the Tower Room. New name; new ideas; new people all welcome to contribute ideas for a massive fundraising effort.
Transforming Worship Group
meets on Wednesday 8th September at 7.30pm.
Stewardship Steering Group
meets, with Jayne Grunhill, on Thursday 9th September at 7.30pm.
PCC
Agendas now available for the next PCC meeting on Monday, 13th September at 7.30pm.
Advance notice of the following PCC meeting:
Monday, 22nd November at 7.30pm.
Current PCC members and those who have recently finished their time on PCC are invited to a tea party on Monday 13th September from 6 7.30pm in church.
Glenfall
The parish weekend away at Glenfall House, near Cheltenham, this year, takes place from teatime on Friday 17th September to Sunday afternoon 19th September. For those attending, please take your letter from the Ellis table with details of arrival times etc, and return the completed reply slip to Kathryn Manning. The balance of payment is now due. Thank you.
